VOL. XX.] PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. '237" 



On the Use of Ipecacuanha, for Loosenesses, translated from a French Paper:* 

 with Notes. By Hans Sloane, M. D. N° 238, p. 69. 



Most persons sick of a dysentery need but to observe the following rules, 

 and they will be cured easily : first, they must take for three days together, 

 morning and evening, one of the papers of powder marked with a, diluted with 

 half a glass of wine, and as much water, to dispose them by degrees for purging, 

 and to sweeten and correct the sharp corrosive humours, which eat away the 

 tunicles of the intestines, and the mouths of the vessels. 



A. 9> Antim. diaph. crabs' eyes of each gr. x, croc, martis, gr. viii. mace, gr. iv. 

 They must drink weak broth 2 hours after, or with a crust of bread dipped in it, 

 or take a fresh egg as an omelet, and dine lightly ; if they want nourishment, alter 

 dinner they may eat a toast with wine and sugar, or a little biscuit steeped in 

 water or wine. At night they may take another paper marked a, as before, and 

 sup lightly. 



The fourth day they must take the dose marked b. $1 Of good ipecacuanha, 

 well pulverised, ji. with jvi. of cinnamon diluted in weak broth, or in half a 

 glass of wine, to clear the stomach of a viscid bile, that weakens the natural 

 heat, and hinders the digestion of the food. They may take 4 hours after some 

 broth, and the remainder of the day eat sparingly ; the day after they should 

 take two papers marked a, as before. 



The seventh day they should take the medicine marked c. ^ Good rhubarb, 

 gii. ipecacuanha gr. xv. pulverise them well, and mix them in a glass of 

 ptisan, D, described hereafter. This medicine will remove part of the ob- 

 structions ; they should take two hours after, broth. The ninth day they must 

 take the dose marked v, 1, ^ Good ipecacuanha 9ii, with cinnamon gr. vi. well 

 pulverised, and mixed with broth or wine. The eleventh day they must take a 

 second medicine marked c ; and observe the same regimen as at first. On the 

 thirteenth they must take the dose marked b. 3. p> Good ipecacuanha gi. half 

 a 3 cinnamon with vi.. gr. of nutmeg, and observe the same diet as on the two 

 others. On the fifteenth they must take the dose marked b. 4. p. Good 

 ipecacuanha gi. with nutmeg gr. x. well pulverised. They must keep them- 

 selves as on the three former days. 



Though by this time they find themselves cured, yet they must take care that 

 they suffer not cold in their feet, nor elsewhere, while the distemper continues ; 

 and tViey must yet observe as strict a diet as if they were sick, without feasting or 



* The French accoant here mentioned was probably that drawn up by Helvetius, for the publica- 

 tion of which a large sum of money was given him by Lewis XIY. 



